Neoconfederates Who Rand Paul Pals Around With

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Thomas Woods made #1. Hell yea!

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Today, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) came out against the Confederate flag, calling it “a symbol of human bondage and slavery.” But Paul has a long track record of embracing and defending neo-Confederate, white supremacists.

Here is a list of five:

1. Thomas Woods

In April of this year, Rand Paul listed a book by Thomas Woods on his since-deleted “recommend reading list.” Woods is a founding member of the League of the South, a white supremacist group that advocates for secession of southern states. A police officer in Alabama was fired on Friday because of his affiliation with the group.

In 2012, Paul sat down for an interview with Woods, a regular defender of the junior senator from Kentucky’s political career.

2. Greg Brannon

In 2014, Paul put the weight of his endorsement behind Greg Brannon, running for U.S. Senate out of North Carolina. Brannon has an extensive history of going on the record to lobby for a Confederate revival.

Paul could hardly have been ignorant of Brannon’s racist baggage when he went to bat for the candidate last year. In 2012, Jamelle Bouie at the Daily Beast wrote up a comprehensive history of Brannon’s stated belief in white supremacy.

Wrote Bouie:

“[Brannon] opposes public education, rejects the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over national law, and has lent his support to a pro-nullification rally held by the League of the South, a self-described ‘Southern nationalist’ organization that is an obvious vehicle for neo-Confederate and white supremacist ideas.”

3. Cliven Bundy

Also in the spring of 2014, Paul was one of the earliest defenders of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher whose protest against federal grazing fees drew in a large number of supporters enthusiastic about taking up arms against the government.

But when Bundy mused on camera that the American “negro” might be better off in the antebellum south “pickin’ cotton,” Paul and other conservatives quickly distanced themselves from the apparent proponent of enslaving black people; the senator clarified to the media that he does not support slavery.

4. Jack Hunter

Hunter resigned from his position on Paul’s staff in 2013 after media identified him as the “Southern Avenger,” a pro-secessionist radio host.


In character, Hunter wore a superhero costume in the pattern of the Confederate flag. Hunter is on record praising John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated then president Abraham Lincoln, apparently for formally ending the legal practice of black enslavement in the United States.

“The Founding Fathers most likely would have snatched Lincoln up by his beard and hung him from the nearest tree,” Hunter said.

Questioned about Hunter by the press, Paul defended his former employee. Hunter’s remarks were “stupid,” Paul admitted. As for whether Hunter’s embrace of Confederate philosophy was racist? “I see no evidence of that,” Paul told the Huffington Post. “Are we at a point where nobody can have had a youth or said anything untoward?”

5. Chris Hightower

In 2009, Paul spokesperson Chris Hightower resigned after the media revealed the staffer had — for two years — kept the words “Happy N***** Day!” (an apparent reference to the national holiday honoring assassinated civil rights icon Martin Luther Kind) on his MySpace Page, accompanied by a photo of a lynching.

In an interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader, Paul denied Hightower had even done anything wrong. “I have never heard a single utterance of racism from this staffer,” Paul said, “nor do I believe him to have any racist tendencies.”
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Greg Brannon? Really? I mean, I don't know the man's history, but the guy seems harmless.
 
Mr.NoSmile said:
Greg Brannon? Really? I mean, I don't know the man's history, but the guy seems harmless.
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Brannon is a veritable slave master masquerading as a doctor! A doctor of white supremacy that is!

“[Brannon] opposes public education, rejects the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over national law, and has lent his support to a pro-nullification rally held by the League of the South, a self-described ‘Southern nationalist’ organization that is an obvious vehicle for neo-Confederate and white supremacist ideas.”
 
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Advocate for secession = racist. Participate in an organization related to your own culture but if it is white culture = racist. :rolleyes:

I do not know enough about the "League of the South" but since the SPLC and the Progressives are pointing their finger I am assuming the accusation is not credible. The SPLC and Progressives are the true anti-white or self hating white racists.
 
Opposing public education and supporting jury nullification are racist, too.

Even though public education is doing minorities no favors, sticking them in the worst of a bad lot of schools, and jury nullification (should we push the notion into prominence) would very likely benefit them the most as cops target them the most.

Makes as much sense as quoting Bouie of the Daily Beast as Gospel.
 
The League of the South is definitely a racist organization to my knowledge. Many of the founders were segregationists. I didn't know Woods was a member. I also didn't know Brannon had a rally held by them. I swear, these guys do not care about race relations at all or spreading libertarianism to minorities. I must say I am disappointed in Woods for this
 
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The League of the South is definitely a racist organization to my knowledge. Many of the founders were segregationists. I didn't know Woods was a member. I also didn't know Brannon had a rally held by them. I swear, these guys do not care about race relations at all or spreading libertarianism to minorities. I must say I am disappointed in Woods for this
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The Progressives have written the narrative that segregation is racist but that does not make it so. Segregation is quite logical for communities that wish to limit violence between the races in their school system and keep their kids safe. I sure wish I went to a segregated school when I was a kid since it would have made things a whole lot safer that it was.

This would not even be an issue if the government got out of education and we had private schools that could allow inclusion based religion, gender, culture, race, grades, etc.
 
Which is why Rand should have, if anything, just kept his mouth shut.

There is no appeasing a mob, once it is spun up and out of control.
 
Which is why Rand should have, if anything, just kept his mouth shut.

There is no appeasing a mob, once it is spun up and out of control.
 
Tom Woods is a regular defender of Rand? That's interesting and could have fooled me, had I not known better. The best you can say about that stated relationship is that Tom doesn't go out of his way to attack him as frequently as some other libertarians do, and when he does criticize him, generally does it on an issue or strategy basis, rather than using him by name and going that route.
 
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Tom Woods is a regular defender of Rand? That's interesting and could have fooled me, had I not known better. The best you can say about that stated relationship is that Tom doesn't go out of his way to attack him as frequently as some other libertarians do, and when he does criticize him, generally does it on an issue or strategy basis, rather than using him by name and going that route.
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I’m a Dangerous Chum
http://tomwoods.com/blog/im-a-dangerous-chum/
Tom Woods (23 June 2015)

I’m on vacation right now, but I understand that the latest media-generated reason to hate Rand Paul, whom I have met on a grand total of two occasions, is that he is “chummy” with me. (Does it say something about the friendships of my critic if two encounters is considered “chummy”?)

If you oppose state coercion in all its forms, you are a terrible person with whom any decent person would be ashamed to be associated. And if you agree with abolitionist Lysander Spooner, you are also a “neo-Confederate.”

Should you wish to know more about Rand Paul’s dangerous chum — on the off chance that the media might (might, I tell you) leave out some minor aspects of my career — I refer you to my About page.
 
So, 150 years ago some states seceded at least partly because of slavery, therefore anyone who talks about secession wants to do that because they're racist?

You know, I can think of certain other reasons why someone might think about secession. Quite a few of them, in fact. For example, I could see Uzbekistan trying to secede from the U.S.S.R. just because they're sick of Stalin.
 
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